RMCO challenges increases to 253 people



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KUALA LUMPUR: The number of people caught for defying regulations under the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) yesterday rose to 253, from 84 on Saturday, Chief Minister (Security Group) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. (pix).

Of the total, he said, 219 were imposed compound fines, 32 in pretrial detention and two on bail.

“The crimes were for participating in pub / nightclub activities (116), not providing equipment to register customers’ entry and exit (23), not wearing a mask (26), premises that operate beyond the allowed time ( two) and invade the quarantine centers (two).

“There were also cases of participation in activities that hinder social distancing (70), non-payment of quarantine charges (one) and participation in gambling activities (13),” he said in a statement about the development of RMCO today.

Ismail Sabri said that 64,929 inspections, involving 17,765 people, were carried out to ensure compliance with the prescribed SOP in supermarkets, restaurants, street vendors, factories, banks, government offices, government offices, as well as land and air transportation terminals. and maritime.

In Ops Benteng, Ismail Sabri, who is also a defense minister, said police set up 63 barricades across the country 27 yesterday and inspected 27,197 vehicles to curb the entry of illegal immigrants, especially along rat trails.

However, no arrests were made, he added.

Meanwhile, he said that a total of 20,455 people have returned to Malaysia through the international border entrance and have been quarantined in 73 hotels and four public training institutes (ILA), from July 24 until yesterday.

Of the total, 8,917 people are in mandatory quarantine, 56 people were sent to hospitals for treatment and 11,482 were allowed to return home, it added.

He said they were the ones who had returned from the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Vietnam, Brunei, Qatar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, India, United Arab Emirate, Japan, Turkey, South Korea, Iran, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Timor Leste, Taiwan, China, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Egypt, Spain, France, Australia, New Zealand and United States of America.

Ismail Sabri said that the police also carried out 220 checks on people under mandatory quarantine and that all were found to have adhered to the stipulated POE.

It said compliance officers from the Domestic Trade Ministry of Consumer Affairs also conducted controls on the supply of 12 types of products at 1,264 business premises, and 1,196 of them were found to have adhered to the prescribed SOP.

Thirty-three locals received counseling and another 25 warned for violating the SOP, he added. – Named



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